Vector-based harbor scheduling

摘要

A method of optimizing the scheduling of ships entering and leaving a harbor, the method comprising the steps of:a. Combining information from an automated identification system about each ship with scheduling information about each ship from a dispatching system to produce a combined ship ID/schedule for each ship;b. Tracking the latitude and longitude of each ship using GPS to produce tracked latitude and longitude of each ship;c. Comparing the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship to existing maps of the harbor; andd. Continually comparing the ID/schedule for each ship with the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship.;The alerts are sent whenever the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship does not match the expected latitude and longitude of each ship at a given time. The method tracks and records whenever a pilot embarks or disembarks from a ship.